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The invalid feeding cups were used by
hospitals and home caregivers primarily to feed those who were unable to eat on
their own. The label on the original box of this earthenware feeding cup, the
company that manufactured is AYRTON, SAUNDERS & CO.LTD. It is highly
probable that this cup was produced between the late 19th and early 20th
centuries.
There is no doubt that the advent of feeding cups represents a scientific approach to the nursing of the invalid. In the act of feeding, the participants are patients and caregivers. Feeding is a practical expression of nursing care for the patient. This feeding cup is a good example of care in nursing.
Deposit illustration in the cup
Source: Author’s own
The feeding cup was the main object in use and the obvious stains and deposit lines inside the cup indicates that it would have been used and with some frequency. It is recommended that the sediment be sampled and tested for its composition, which may reveal what food has been served in this cup.
The paper paperboard packaging around the
feeding cup has done its job well over the years in protecting. The label is
adhered tightly to the box and the printing on it is not visibly faded. The
well presence of this package box gives this feeding cup complete production
information. A mechanical die cutting machine was invented in 1879, and blanks
could be creased automatically. This period is very close to the year in which
the feeding cups were made. This is also an indication that this box is a
relatively early method of paperboard box manufacture.
Paperboard packaging
lid
Source: Author’s own
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Paperboard packaging box
Source: Author’s own
This collection was collected at the Royal
Free Hospital, part of a group of 141 objects collected by previous Pathology
Museum curator Paul Bates, formerly a technician at the Royal Free Hospital.
The cup was transferred to the University College London (UCL) general science
handling collection in 2016 or 2017.
References
Cornish, H., 2022. Questions about the
collections. [email].
Julien, P. 1995. A Masonic invalid feeding
cup. Revue d’histoire de la pharmacie. 42 (304), 29–30.
Le Mare, D., n.d. AYRTON, SAUNDERS &
CO., LTD. Wholesale and Manufacturing Chemists Documents. [Photocopy] Museum of
Liverpool The Archives Centre, Liverpool City.
Malet, L. 1901. The History of Sir Richard
Calmady: A Romance. Project Gutenberg.
The Paperboard Packaging Alliance In
association with the American Forest and Paper Association and the Paperboard
Packaging Council, 2008. The History of Paperboard Packaging. The Paperboard
Packaging Alliance.
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